BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks

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Directed by @tiffanyshlain
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Special thanks to Tim Delaughter, Dominic Griffin and The Polyphonic Spree for donating their song "It's the Sun" and to Moby for donating his song "Wait for Me."

**All music rights secured for "It's the Sun" by Tim Delaughter and Dominic Griffin.**
**All music rights secured for "Wait for Me" by Moby.**

"BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks" is a 10-minute film and accompanying TED Book (ted.com/tedbooks) from award-winning Director Tiffany Shlain and her team at The Moxie Institute. Based on new research on how to best nurture children's brains from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child and University of Washington's I-LABS, the film explores the parallels between a child's brain development and the development of the global brain of Internet, offering insights into the best ways to shape both. Made through a new crowd-sourcing creativity process the Moxie team calls "Cloud Filmmaking," "Brain Power" was created by putting into action the very ideas that the film is exploring: the connections between neurons, networks, and people around the world.

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